Rove's 527 far short of $52M goal (raised only $200 last month)

[kpete]

Source: Politico


A new 527 group conceived by veteran GOP hands Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie and launched this year with predictions that it would raise $52 million to support Republican candidates has thus far failed to live up to the fundraising hype.

The group, American Crossroads, raised only $200 last month, according to a report it filed Monday with the Internal Revenue Service, bringing its total raised since launching in March to a little more than $1.25 million. It spent $76,000 in May, primarily on legal fees and salaries, bringing its total spending to $140,000.

The operatives running the group have boasted that it has received pledges for more than $30 million in contributions from big donors. But so far, that has yet to materialize, and, in fact, the big names and gaudy proclamations behind the group may have produced more tangible results for Democrats, who continue to cite it as a threat in fundraising appeals.

“Karl Rove's American Crossroads group just announced on Friday that it is turning the full force of its fundraising machine against no fewer than eleven Democratic candidates,” warned a Sunday fundraising email from J.B. Poersch, executive director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. “The DSCC is counting on every one of our grassroots supporters to defeat Republicans and defend President Obama in November. We can't win without your help.”



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[sharp_stick]

1. This kind of failure couldn't happen to

a nicer asshole. Anything that embarrasses that prick makes me very happy.

[Oceansaway]

2. LOL...n/t.....

[Hubert Flottz]

3. He belongs on death row for conspiracy to commit war crimes.

No mercy for swine!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XDAECc4Y1s&feature=related

[yellowcanine]

4. We could mail him pennies.

[no_hypocrisy]

5. It's a fake out. He's raised much more than $200 and he isn't reporting it.

It's in a secret account.

[caseymoz]

7. I agree. We're being had.

Even if the Republicans are unpopular now, $200 does not make sense. They could make that much money from the Repubs who donate by accident.

[Wednesdays]

8. I was about to say the same thing...It's got tax evasion written all over it

:popcorn:

[Tempest]

10. When you spend more than half your contributions on legal fees

There's something shady going on.

[Old and In the Way]

6. No wonder the Republican majority on SCOTUS gifted the RNC

their Citizens United ruling. Without corporate funding, the GOP could hardly afford a night in the local strip club.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Rovian Ponzi scheme. n/t

[Blue Owl]

11. Stick a fork in that canned ham

he's done.

But Karl's like a cockroach -- impossible to get rid of. And apparently our national laws do not apply to Karl Rove.

Just wait, he'll be back with another sinister plan to disembowel the USA for his corporate masters.

[rocktivity]

12. Let's not be so quick to misunderestimate Rove

what he reports and what he's actually raised could very well be two different things.

P.S. If it's not illegal, maybe we should do the same.

:eyes:
rocktivity

[Kingofalldems]

13. Perhaps his pal could cough up some money

:shrug: :shrug:

[tanyev]

14. $200? Heck, that's just the two bills that Karl pulls out of his wallet to seed the hat.

[Liberal_in_LA]

15. hee!